The Powder Toy

The Powder Toy is a desktop version of the classic 'falling sand' physics sandbox game, it simulates air pressure and velocity as well as heat!
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Version 71.3 for
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Changes for this version (Show More)
  • Version 65.4
    • "Sand" effect for drawing powders, activate with "N"
    • Elements from Maksprog's mod
      • LIGH - Lightning
      • DEST - Variation of BOMB
      • TESC - Tesla coil, creates lightning
      • EMP - Destroys electronic components
    • Fix bug with infinite temperature
    • Fix beta enrolling
    • Add a new mode to filter, subtract (tmp of 3)
  • Version 64.3
    • Decoration editor tool menu, with lighten and darken tools.
    • Can type in decoration editor color boxes for specific RGB values, hit enter after typing a number to confirm
    • SOAP removes decoration, opposite of BIZR.
    • Water equalization, turn on in options menu, or tpt.watertest() .
    • BUBW changes to be more realistic, can explode.
    • New element CAUS, an acid like gas, created from ACID+WTRV.
    • Can see selected elements from Lua, tpt.selectedl or tpt.selectedr .
    • Saved settings are in JSON format, replaces powder.def
    • Can opt in to receive beta updates.
    • QRTZ scatters photons.
    • New Tool, PROP, edit properties easily without console.
    • FILT has modes with .tmp (0,1,2). 0 is convert (old method). 1 will filter (only close color can pass). 2 is add color.
    • 'Sign out' button in the login menu, instead of submitting blank data.
  • Version 60.1
    • Tools menu which holds AIR, HEAT, COOL, ect.
    • tpt.getscript() to download scripts from the official script repository.
    • tpt.setwindowsize(scale, fullscreen) to change the scale (1 or 2) and fullscreen (0 or 1).
    • Selection for stamp/copy is now by pixel.
    • Water puts out fire better.
    • New Elements CO2, BUBW, DRIC, STOR, PVOD, CONV.
    • Zoom toggle alt-z.
    • BIZR acts as a dye.
    • Many other various fixes and improvements.
  • Version 61.0
    • Added energy only wall (Photons, Neutrons, etc) as replacement for Gas only wall fix
    • STOR will change appearance when it holds a particle.
  • Version 55.5 beta
    • Speed improvements
    • Fix crash on Windows
  • Version 52.0
    • New Element: DLAY
    • Lua API additions
    • Miscellaneous bug fixes.
  • Version 53.0 beta
    • New Element: WIRE
    • Experimental Gravity simulation
  • Version 51.0
    • New Elements: GPMP, PBCN, CLST
    • Improvements to "favouring"
    • Better liquid behaviour in radial gravity mode.
    • Other miscellaneous bug fixes.
  • Version 50.5
    • Lua scripting
    • Local saving (Hold CTRL when using open/save buttons)
    • Higher quality thumbnails and previews
    • In game conversation notifications
    • Simulation options dialog
    • Realistic gravity (optional)
    • Ambient heat (air heat)
    • Improvements to favourites browsing
    • Speed improvements
  • Version 49.1 beta
    • Lua console
  • Version 49.0 beta
    • Speed improvements for liquids and other elements
    • Higher quality thumbnails and previews
    • In game conversation notifications
    • Simulation options dialog
    • Realistic gravity (optional)
  • Version 47.4
    • Fix crash when using rotate tool on Windows
    • Photons and neutrons may pass through portals
  • Version 47.0
    • Enhanced visual effects for Portals
    • Glow now has more stimuli (Green: Pressure, Blue: Movement, Red: Heat)
    • Python console (Unavailable in current beta)
    • Fixed issue where you appear to be logged in but aren't.
    • Changes to Quartz (Grows like crystal when exposed to salt water)
    • Singularity explodes upon death
    • Save ID shown after saving and on Open Dialog
    • Rearrangement of some elements (Photons in Radioactive, Thunder in Explosive, etc)
  • Version 46.3
    • Major game engine and performance improvements.
    • New GOL elements.
    • More secure login system
  • Version 45.2
    • Important! Fix for Auto-update in Linux.
  • Version 45.1
    • Small bugfix for Lava and Portals.
    • Fix crash when 2 of the same stickman are somehow placed.
  • Version 45.0
    • Fix bug where description would persist after a reset
    • ARAY now passes through INWR without interracting.
    • INST has been fixed and placed in the Electronics menu
    • Photons turn into neutrons when passing through INVS
    • Other small bug fixes.
  • Version 44.7
    • Fix login and dialoq text box issues.
    • Small bugfixes to some elements.
    • Additional 'debug' information.
    • Increase WIFI channels
    • Add missing icons for menus and display modes.
  • Version 44.6
    • Fix for brush issues when using small brushes.
    • Pause state saving modifications.
  • Version 44.5
    • Fix corruption issues with FAN wall.
  • Version 44.4
    • Many new elements from cracker64s mod.
    • Pause state is saved.
    • Particle properties are saved more accurately.
    • Improved search and save viewing, added descriptions and comments.
  • Version 42.3
    • Changed internal temperature scale to kelvin.
    • Fixed physics bug with certain powders.
    • Fixed bug when loading saves with stickman in.
    • Added save history, the ability to view previous versions of saves.
  • Version 42.0
    • New Elements: Brick, Glow, Diesel, many others.
    • Source code seperation
    • Lots of other stuff that I can't remember.
  • Version 41.3
    • Fixes bug where Insulation would burst into flames randomly
    • Moves fancy new effects into a separate colour mode.
  • Version 39.0
    • New element: Liquid Crystal
    • New element: Battery
    • New element: Noble Gas
    • Copy, cut and paste
  • Version 38.0
    • New element: Nitrogen Ice
    • New element: Electrode (Allows currents to jump)
    • Adds a lock icon to private saves.
    • Binds the '[' and ']' keys to decrease/increase the cursor size for those without scroll wheels.
    • Fixes wall menu issue where walls would be selected by accident.
  • Version 37.0
    • New element: Plasma
    • New element: Thunder/Lighting
    • New wall: Allows only gas
    • Fixes HUD bug.
  • Version 36.3
  • Version 36.2
    • Fixes bug where rating would appear as Zero in search.
  • Version 36.1
    • Feature: Particle sampling with middle click
    • Feature: Download from website, for information, see the "Announcement" forum section.
  • Version 36.0
    • Changes to the menu
    • New elements for electronics
    • New voting system
    • Added functions for moderating
  • Version 35.0
    • Added elements: White Hole, Black Hole, Rubidium and Liquid Rubidium
    • Fixed the OSX version
    • Some other bug fixes that I forgot.
  • Version 34.0
    • Fixed certain graphical glitches
    • Changed menu categories
    • Increased menu hover size
  • Version 33.2
    • Photons can now ignite flammable materials.
    • Distilled water will turn into water on contact with water.
    • Fixes burning broken metal
  • Version 34.0 (Beta 6)
    • New element menu layout
    • New element: Liquid Nitrogen
  • Version 34.0 (Beta 5)
    • Improvements to stamp browser
    • Added Glyphs for Blob and Heat view
    • Fixed bug that caused a crash on Windows systems when using the wall tool in the window edges.(Fixed more than last time)
    • Decreased/Increased Min/Max Temperatures.
  • Version 34.0 (Beta 4)
    • Cool, heat and Air no longer crash upon flood fill
    • Fixed bug that caused a crash on Windows systems when using the wall tool in the window edges.
    • Stamp browser now allows multiple pages.
    • Improved the zoom features, allowing inspection.
    • Modification to temperature simulation, pressure is now taken into account with transitions from liquid to gas and vice-versa
    • Fixed bug where Salt-water would not leave salt upon evaporation
  • Version 34.0 (Beta 3)
    • Bug fixes for uranium
    • Fixed bug where extremely hot objects would show as black
    • Fixed but where stamps would not be loaded
  • Version 34.0 (Beta 2)
    • Bug fixes
    • Legacy Mode state is now saved and loaded
    • Fix "Cool" and "Heat" when drawing on walls.
    • Air now works.
  • Version 34.0 (Beta 1)
    • Bug fixes
    • Legacy Mode (Older saves will load with legacy mode, preserving the functionality of the older powder toy)
    • Heat and Cool elements. (Air is broken until next beta.)
  • Version 34.0 (Beta)
    • Heat Simulation (With free bugs and glitches)
    • New Element: Uranium, heats up when pressurised.
    • New button, AIR, provides instant air, the Alt+Click and Middle Click can be used as a shortcut
  • Version 33.1
    • Masses of bug fixes
    • Broken metal and breakable metal fixed (conduction)
    • Liquid collisions fixed.
  • Version 33.0
    • Added Photons, particles similar to neutrons that travel in straight lines
    • Added destructable metal
    • Fixed a glitch with diamond that would make it appear invisible to air pressure.
  • Version 32.0
    • Added Diamond (Thanks to ief014)
    • Fixed packaging errors for the Windows release
  • Version 31.0
    • Plutonium more powerful
    • Changes to the handling of lava (Now solidifies into the same material it was melted from).
    • New element: Salt.
    • New element: Salt water
  • Version 30.0
    • Added the ability to change the zoom strength
    • Increased the maximum pen size.
    • New element: Concrete, tougher than stone, stackable.
    • New element: Distilled water, similar to water, but doesn't conduct electricity
    • Changed menu layout, walls at the bottom, elements at the top (to allow for more future elements)
    • 32bit colour for Macintosh versions.
  • Version 28.4
    • Fixes crash when loading a save with acid.
    • Another tiny change for acid colour in blob mode
  • Version 28.3
    • Fixes acid colour in blob mode
    • Fixes blob mode colour on Macintosh and 16bit colour systems
  • Version 28.2
    • Quit confirmation dialogue when using the escape key
    • Walls are "blobbed" in Blob view
  • Version 28.1
    • Steam rises
    • Acid drastically changed, now dilutes itself when dissolving other particles
  • Version 28.0
    • "Yellow wall" bug fix, doesn't absorb particles when placed above another wall type.
    • New wall type added: E-Hole, absorbs particles when unpowered, released them when powered.